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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"pediatric burn"”.
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Exploring Learning of Pediatric Burn Patients through Storytelling
This purpose of this study was to explore if pediatric burn patients learned from an age appropriate discharge teaching book. The Pediatric Burn Book© contained coloring pages and seven main teaching points; taking care of my body, bathing, eating right, exercise, sleep, going to school, and …
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Psychometric evaluation of a new pressure ulcer skin risk assessment scale for the pediatric burn patient
… Pressure ulcers are a significant problem in the pediatric burn patient population. Unfortunately, no skin risk assessment scale exist that capture the unique risk indices of the burn injury, thus the Pressure Ulcer Skin Risk Assessment Scale (PrUSRAS) was developed. The purpose of this study was …
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Therapeutic Management of Burn Induced Hyperglycemia with Insulin and Metformin
Burn injury afflicts approximately 450,000 individuals annually in the United States. Despite efforts to decrease incidence via implementation of public awareness campaigns and drastic improvements in living conditions, nearly 11 million people worldwide required treatment at a major burn center or …
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Examination of the Burn Model Systems and the Multicenter Benchmarking Study Outcome Measures Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
The Burn Injury Model Systems and the Multi-Center Burn Study are two nationwide, multi-center burn injury databases that use patient-reported outcome measures to collect data regarding patients’ experiences after burn injury. The data are collected in the hope that this knowledge will enable …
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Mast Cell Influence in the Progression of Post-burn Hypertrophic Scar Pathophysiology
… healing in patients with severe full-thickness burns and pose difficult treatment challenges. Despite substantial reduction in postburn mortality, long-term outcomes of HTS are the most serious therapeutic challenge following severe burn injury. Investigations into cellular influences in …